Video & Transcript Research : 'budget limits'
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TX
Keywords:
balanced budget amendment, federal budget, deficit reduction, deficit spending, fiscal restraint, constitutional amendment, U.S. Constitution, Congress, PAYGO, Gramm-Rudman-Hollings, national debt, budget deficit, taxpayer dollars, balanced budget resolution, memorial resolution, Texas Legislature, federal spending, budget reform, fiscal conservatism, HCR 9
TX
Keywords:
balanced budget amendment, federal budget, deficit reduction, deficit spending, fiscal restraint, constitutional amendment, U.S. Constitution, Congress, PAYGO, Gramm-Rudman-Hollings, national debt, budget deficit, taxpayer dollars, balanced budget resolution, memorial resolution, Texas Legislature, federal spending, budget reform, fiscal conservatism, HCR 9
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- that led the legislature to pass SGR II, imposing fiscal restraints and on the federal government, limiting
- The first bill was a rescission of all previous calls except the balanced budget amendment.
- It's not about term limits. It's not about a balanced budget.
- We have most of them right; we have term limits because they're elections. I go to the rest.
- You said term limits. Yeah, term limits, all that kind of stuff too. I'm sorry, I just ran in here.
Keywords:
public school funding, education, budget allocation, financial transparency, state law, local control, fiduciary responsibility, public retirement systems, investment management, proxy voting, financial factors, insurance, political shareholder proposals, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, environmental regulation, discrimination, credit extension, social credit, value-based standards
TX
Keywords:
public school funding, education, budget allocation, financial transparency, state law, local control, fiduciary responsibility, public retirement systems, investment management, proxy voting, financial factors, insurance, political shareholder proposals, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, environmental regulation, discrimination, credit extension, social credit, value-based standards
Summary:
The Senate Committee on State Affairs was called to order and a roll call showed most members present, with one absent. The chair explained that the committee had arranged witnesses for a later meeting but had received responses from some parties declining to testify, prompting Senator Bettencourt to offer a written motion for subpoenas.
The motion authorized the committee chair, under Senate Rule 11.20, to issue subpoenas to BlackRock, State Street, or other financial services companies affecting Texas public pension investments, along with their subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, employees, agents, or representatives. The subpoenas would require testimony and production of records concerning investment practices, the impact on Texas public pension funds, and any investments intended to further political or social causes.
Members discussed the importance of obtaining testimony and the limited but necessary use of subpoena power. The committee then voted, with 10 ayes, no nays, and one absent, to adopt the motion. With no further business, the committee recessed until the call of the chair, planning to return after the local calendar.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- They're designed to prohibit or limit providing insurance to oil and gas companies solely because they're
- require the insurance company to track greenhouse gas emissions of their insured clients, or prohibit or limit
- Senate Bill 946 would protect organizations from being denied an extension of a loan or a limitation
- And basically what that created, this is not an unlimited safe harbor provision, but it created a limited
- attorneys to handle election law violations, but they may have conflicts, political pressures, or limited
Keywords:
public school funding, education, budget allocation, financial transparency, state law, local control, fiduciary responsibility, public retirement systems, investment management, proxy voting, financial factors, insurance, political shareholder proposals, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, environmental regulation, discrimination, credit extension, social credit, value-based standards
Summary:
The committee heard Senate Bill 945, 946, 2044, 2819, 2403, 2337, and 312, with all bills left pending after testimony. SB 945 would restrict insurance companies from denying or limiting coverage based on oil and gas activity or ESG-related goals, and supporters argued it would protect Texas energy producers from politically motivated shareholder activism and insurance discrimination. SB 946 would bar creditors from using social credit, ESG, DEI, or religious/political affiliation as a basis for denying or limiting credit; witnesses said it would prevent viewpoint-based financial discrimination and protect access to capital for Texas businesses. SB 2337 would require proxy advisory firms to disclose when recommendations are based on non-financial factors or when they give conflicting advice to different clients; supporters said the measure would increase transparency and curb ESG-driven influence over shareholder voting. SB 312 would direct public retirement systems to focus on financial returns rather than social or political objectives, with the author saying the bill responds to activist pressure on pensions and would reinforce fiduciary duty.
The committee also took up election and ethics measures. SB 2044 would strengthen electioneering restrictions for publicly funded education institutions and personnel, prohibiting use of official resources to promote political agendas; testimony focused on alleged school district electioneering in bond and tax elections. SB 2819 would prohibit county elections administrators from holding certain officer positions appointed by elected officials, addressing potential conflicts of interest. SB 2403, the Texas Ethics Commission sunset bill, would restructure complaint handling with a three-tier violation system, risk-based complaint prioritization, longer response times, bipartisan preliminary review panels, and expanded hearing options; members discussed amendments aimed at dismissing minor complaints, clarifying categories, and adjusting lobbying and penalty provisions, but the amendments were withdrawn during committee consideration.
Across the ESG and finance bills, invited witnesses from the American Energy Institute, Heartland Impact, Consumers Research, ADF Action, Texas Civil Justice League, and related groups generally supported the measures, arguing that banks, insurers, proxy advisors, and asset managers have used ESG or reputational-risk standards to discriminate against energy, agriculture, firearms, and religious organizations. No opposition testimony was presented in the excerpt, and the committee closed public testimony on each bill and left them pending.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We're limiting testimony to three minutes.
- And really limiting one of the state's—as the previous testimony indicated—limiting one of the state's
- I mean, you can be time limited, they can be ongoing.
- HB 530 limits the opportunity for local governments...
- This bill in no way limits or restricts local philanthropists.
Keywords:
HB 21, Texas Tax Code, ad valorem tax, property tax, delinquent taxes, tax delinquency, penalty reduction, interest rate, split payment, installment payment, tax relief, county tax collector, taxing unit, property owner, tax collection, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, tax increase election, supermajority, 60 percent threshold
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The first bill was a rescission of all previous calls except the balanced budget amendment.
- Some applications that are without limitations and they don't have a lot of provisos.
- That says that states can call for conventions with limitations or for certain purposes. Got it.
- It's not about term limits. It's not about a balanced budget.
- You said term limits. Yeah, term limits, all that kind of stuff too. I'm sorry, I just ran in here.
Keywords:
public school funding, education, budget allocation, financial transparency, state law, local control, fiduciary responsibility, public retirement systems, investment management, proxy voting, financial factors, insurance, political shareholder proposals, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, environmental regulation, discrimination, credit extension, social credit, value-based standards
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The proposals are designed to prohibit or limit providing insurance to oil and gas companies solely because
- require the insurance company to track greenhouse gas emissions of their insured clients, or prohibit or limit
- And basically what that created is not an unlimited safe harbor provision, but a limited safe harbor
- They might have been asked to limit the scope of their testimony, and of course, we work with witnesses
- County attorneys handle election law violations, but they may have conflicts, political pressures, or limited
Keywords:
public school funding, education, budget allocation, financial transparency, state law, local control, fiduciary responsibility, public retirement systems, investment management, proxy voting, financial factors, insurance, political shareholder proposals, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, environmental regulation, discrimination, credit extension, social credit, value-based standards
TX
Keywords:
public school funding, education, budget allocation, financial transparency, state law, local control, fiduciary responsibility, public retirement systems, investment management, proxy voting, financial factors, insurance, political shareholder proposals, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, environmental regulation, discrimination, credit extension, social credit, value-based standards
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We'll be limiting public testimony to three minutes today.
- So, the answer to the question is the limit...
- limit.
- This amendment has significant implications for the budgeting process and may limit the city’s ability
- Looking at the language here of prohibiting or limiting.
Bills:
HB386, HB1449, HB1701, HB2142, HB2675, HB2857, HB3063, HB3171, HB3641, HB3732, HB4045, HB4370, HB4491, HB4505, HB4626, HB5267, HB5356
Keywords:
construction contracts, change orders, local government, budget limits, Texas legislation, HB 1449, mobile food vendors, food trucks, mobile food service establishments, permits, county health permit, municipal permitting, Health and Safety Code Chapter 437A, Chapter 437, inspection agreements, permit reciprocity, fee cap, preemption, large counties, population over one million
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- budgets.
- HB 5267 requires that city and county budget expenditures be limited to no more than a rate each equal
- Our budgets, every county out there, but certainly my members. We put all our budgets online.
- It's a massive budget. How large is the city of Austin's budget?
- Your budgets are huge; it probably didn't hit your budget very well. hard.
Bills:
HB386, HB1449, HB1701, HB2142, HB2675, HB2857, HB3063, HB3171, HB3641, HB3732, HB4045, HB4370, HB4491, HB4505, HB4626, HB5267, HB5356
Keywords:
construction contracts, change orders, local government, budget limits, Texas legislation, HB 1449, mobile food vendors, food trucks, mobile food service establishments, permits, county health permit, municipal permitting, Health and Safety Code Chapter 437A, Chapter 437, inspection agreements, permit reciprocity, fee cap, preemption, large counties, population over one million
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Madison County Legislation Committee Apr 30th, 2025
Madison County Legislation
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Children and Senior Advocacy Committee Feb 4th, 2026
Children and Senior Advocacy
Transcript Highlights:
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Keywords:
Ebony Alert, missing youth, public safety, law enforcement, racial equity, HB170, supplemental appropriations, Education Trust Fund, Alabama education budget, school funding, K-12 education, local boards of education, textbook adoption, school buses, school safety, charter schools, summer programs, afterschool programs, reading intervention, college and career readiness
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Public testimony will be limited to 2 minutes.
- Chair: Typically, and I see it's limited to 18 months or younger, typically how long does it take for
- HB 2542 is to establish a time-limited focused work group that can and will produce concrete recommendations
Bills:
HB50
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- spending limits.
- That includes the balanced budget limit, more commonly referred to as the pay-as-you-go limit.
- , the limit on welfare spending, and the limit on tax-supported debt.
- 22-23 budget.
- That we had a spending limit of 8.93% and this budget that's been proposed is only increasing 5.4% is
Keywords:
appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, state budget, mental health funding, education funding, infrastructure improvements, public safety, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1184, house, all
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee BR Sub. on Health & Family Services (2-23-22)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_sXiV811Zw, 2026-06-21T07:17:00+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start: 00:00:00
Roll Call: 00:00:16
Governor’s Budget Recommendations Presentation: 00:07:45
Dept. of Income Support Budget Recommendations Presentation: 00:42:42
Office of Health Data and Analytics Budget Recommendations Presentation: 00:56:19, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee BR Sub. on Health & Family Services (2-9-22)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no_Pip3fET8, 2026-06-21T07:17:00+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start: 00:00:00
Roll Call: 00:00:37
Medicaid Budget Recommendation Presentation: 00:02:29
Aging and Independent Living Budget Recommendation Presentation: 00:28:30
Office for Children and Special Healthcare Needs Budget Recommendation Presentation: 00:56:54, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services May 23rd, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Public testimony will be limited to two minutes.
- The helmets help maintain the shape of the skull, and I see that it's limited to infants eight months
- HB 2542 is to establish a time limit and focus work on a group that can and will produce concrete recommendations
Bills:
HB50
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- REPLICATE THE COMMITTEE PROCESS FROM THE OTHER SESSION, BUT INSTEAD WE HAVE REFERRED THE BILL TO THE BUDGET
Summary:
The Florida House of Representatives convened for a special session on February 11-14 to address illegal immigration legislation. Speaker Perez announced they would consider two bills and a memorial filed the previous night, with committee meetings scheduled for Wednesday and final passage on Thursday. The Speaker emphasized the legislature's role as equal participants rather than recipients of instructions, describing their approach as aggressive in combating illegal immigration while being thoughtful in methods. The session was designed to be surgical and efficient, bypassing the normal committee process except for Budget Committee review.
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 24th, 2026
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
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